Cleveland Museum of Art
Boating in Moonlight
- Date
- 1600s
- Medium
- album leaf; ink on silk
- Culture
- Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- Department
- Korean Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 155097
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Painted in bold brushstrokes and ink wash, contrasting black and white, and occupied and voided space, this intimately sized painting depicts a scholar-hermit enjoying elegant boating under moonlight. The theme of a moonlight boat excursion below a cliff depicted in this work echoes the tradition of illustrating "Ode to the Red Cliff," a pair of poems by Su Shi, famous Northern Song Chinese poet (1037–1101). Look how many objects are contained in this little boat—a potted plant, a book, a pear-shaped lute, a tiered lunch box, a tea pot, and a portable stove.
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- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1989: The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, MD, New York, NY | 1989: (Joseph P. Carroll, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1989–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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